Abstract
THE belief in telegony is probably as old as the belief in maternal impressions, so intimately associated with Jacob's breeding experiments, recorded in the thirtieth chapter of the Book of Genesis. In prehistoric times, when breeds of sheep and cattle brought from the East by the Alpine race were crossed with the more recently formed European breeds striking new varieties;would now and again appear. The ancient shepherds would doubtless endeavour to account for the differences between the cross-bred offspring and their pure-pred ancestors, and later biologists would be called upon to decide which of the views of the ancient breeders were most worthy of support.
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EWART, J. Telegony. Nature 104, 216–217 (1919). https://doi.org/10.1038/104216a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/104216a0